Natives in Canada are three times more likely to be victims of violence than their non-Native counterparts, Statistics Canada reported on Thursday. Based on a 2004 survey, 21 percent of Native people said they were the victims of domestic violence....

"A student report detailing discrimination against Native Americans is drawing strong reaction across Northcentral Montana. That's especially true in Havre, which was the focus of a particularly candid story. University of Montana journalism honors students produced the special report, which...

The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals issued an injunction against the state of South Dakota on Wednesday, ordering the state to seek federal review before implementing a new state law. The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on behalf...

"We can understand why lawmakers would defend the state's redistricting plan. It received broad support by the elected representatives of the people of South Dakota. However, nothing the Legislature comes up with is likely to satisfy the ACLU and Judge...

The state of Washington is threatening consumers of an Indian smoke shop with fines unless they pay taxes on tobacco products they bought online. Scott Maybee, a member of the Seneca Nation of New York, turned over a list of...

Seven young Metis who are paddling 2,300 kilometers (about 1400 miles) across Canada have been forced to skip a part of their journey due to weather. The Métis Nation Canoe Expedition left Ontario in June. They are spending eight...

Controversy at the First Nations University of Canada is hurting programs for Native students and Native health care. FNUC will no longer be receiving funds for a program to recruit and train Native students. The money was put on...

"You know there's been a lot of stink over the nickname thing in recent months. You had two guys putting up $1 million each if Marquette would go back to the Warriors instead of the goofy-sounding 'Golden Eagles'. Then they...

Members of the Navajo Nation are opposing a bill by Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) to settle the Navajo-Hopi land dispute. McCain, the chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, introduced S.1003, the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Amendments of 2005 last month....

An Indian dance group in Iowa won't perform for the National Governors Association's meeting this weekend due to a failed background check. Two members of the group apparently failed the test. Everyone, including vendors, had to go undergo security screening,...

"From the door of Dorothy Webster's small home on the Onondaga Nation, she can see the place where she first met Laura Cornelius Kellogg. 'She would come here and stay at my mother's house,' said Dorothy, who was a little...

An 11,300-acre wildfire on the Colville Reservation in Washington was 85 percent contained as of Thursday afternoon, the Associated Press reports. Fire crews made progress in battling the blaze. They were able to protect homes from being consumed as flames...

The Registry of Deeds in Essex County, Massachusetts, has published a web site of Colonial-era land deals with local tribes. One October 11, 1686, deed shows the Naumkeag Tribe agreeing to deed all of the land in the town of...

The group of scientists who won the right to study the remains of the 9,000-year-old Kennewick Man said a Senate bill could stop their work. Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) is sponsoring S.536, described as a technical corrections act. It...

A delegation of Virginia Indian leaders is heading off for England today to help plan the commemoration of the first English settlement in the United States The leaders hope the trip will solidify their case for federal recognition. Eight tribes...

Fifty-one candidates have filed for nine open seats on the Mohegan Tribe's council, The Norwich Bulletin reports. The Connecticut tribe sent out absentee ballots to narrow the field down to 18 candidates. A final election will be held in early...

The Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has banned the sale of a local newspaper on its Wisconsin reservation. Tribal leaders are upset over the way The Lakeland Times is covering the tribe. The tribe pulled its advertising...

Traditional Native Hawaiian carvers will launch a canoe into the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., on Monday. The Friends of Hokule’a and Hawai’iloa will be joined by the National Museum of the American Indian in launching the 18-foot canoe. The...

Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist issued an unusual public statement on Thursday night refuting "speculation and unfounded rumors" that he is about to retire from the U.S. Supreme Court. "I want to put to rest the speculation and unfounded...

White House aide Karl Rove, who is under fire for talking to the media about a CIA operative, has ties to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, a Washington group said on Thursday. Campaign for a Cleaner Congress said Rove hired...